HMS Scipio

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Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Scipio after the Roman general Scipio Africanus:

  • HMS Scipio was an 8-gun fireship purchased in 1739 and sold in 1746.
  • HMS Scipio was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1782 and broken up in 1798.
  • HMS Scipio was the intended name for a 74-gun third rate, but she was renamed HMS Bulwark in 1806 before being launched in 1807.
  • HMS Scipio was an 18-gun sloop, formerly the Dutch sloop Psyche. She was captured in 1807 and entered the Navy as HMS Scipio. She was renamed HMS Samarang in 1808 and was sold in 1814.

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